Rats, Bats, and Salmon
(first three links courtesy LegitGov.org)
Oil hunt could include blasting in Calif. national monument 11 Apr 2008 A subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum seeking to explore for oil and gas under one of the country’s newest national monuments has outlined plans for its search that are likely to disturb the kangaroo rat, an endangered species whose prime habitat is precisely where the operations would take place.
Connecticut Bats Are Dying From Mysterious Ailment 03 Apr 2008 Alarm spread among wildlife biologists this week when white nose syndrome (WNS) was found in a second bat population in Connecticut. The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) first announced the presence in Connecticut of bats affected with WNS last Friday and the second location was discovered Tuesday.
Fishery Council Bans Commercial Salmon Fishing In OR, CA 10 Apr 2008 West Coast fisheries managers have voted to cancel all commercial salmon fishing off the California and Oregon coasts this year. Scientists and government officials are expecting this year’s West Coast salmon season to be one of the worst in history.
There was a fuss recently over legislation requiring a moment of silence in Illinois classrooms. But maybe we should consider a daily moment of silence - for the 200-some species going extinct every day.
What a Way to Go
“We can’t survive apart from the earth. We’re killing it.”